Sex sells! Photographer who visited EVERY brothel in Nevada over a five-year period tells how the oldest profession is thriving in tiny desert towns

  • A photographer who visited every brothel in Nevada explained his experience in his book, 'Nevada Rose'
  • The five-year photography project features a diverse range of pictures
  • Marc McAndrews often stayed in bedrooms, bathrooms and other enclosed rooms with the escorts
  • The Pennsylvania-born 42-year-old said the taboo business continues to boom
  • McAndrews said many of the women were 'proud of the light being shown on what they are doing'

By Jessa Schroeder For Dailymail.com

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Sex sells - whether through words in books, pictures in magazines or a brothel business. One photographer found out firsthand.

Marc McAndrews nervously walked into his first Nevada bagnio back in August 2005, when he was kicked out after informing one of the escorts he was only visiting for work purposes.

In 2011, McAndrews published his book, 'Nevada Rose,' which details all the bracing experiences he had at brothels across 11 counties in America's only state where prostitution is legal.

Photographer Marc McAndrews visited every brothel in the state of Nevada for a five-year photography project

Photographer Marc McAndrews visited every brothel in the state of Nevada for a five-year photography project

In 2011, McAndrews published his book, 'Nevada Rose,' which details every last bit of the bracing experience

In 2011, McAndrews published his book, 'Nevada Rose,' which details every last bit of the bracing experience

The photographs from McAndrew's 2011 book were recently shared with DailyMail.com. At Sinful's a 'two girl party' costs a whopping $4,000, while a 'shower party' costs $1,400 to start

The photographs from McAndrew's 2011 book were recently shared with DailyMail.com. At Sinful's a 'two girl party' costs a whopping $4,000, while a 'shower party' costs $1,400 to start

'This five-year photography project features a diverse range of images of the working girls, and, behind the curtain of sex, the kitchens and cooks, laundry rooms and lounges, timers, managers, and pets,' the Amazon description reads of the book, also authored by Bill Higgins, with contributions by Patty Kelly. 

During his time visiting other brothels, McAndrews stayed in bedrooms, bathrooms and other enclosed rooms with the girls - who are captured confidently posing in photographs shared with DailyMail.com.

The Pennsylvania-born 42-year-old explained how the taboo business continues to boom across the state and attracts people from all walks of life.

McAndrews often stayed in bedrooms, bathrooms and other enclosed rooms with the girls

McAndrews often stayed in bedrooms, bathrooms and other enclosed rooms with the girls

He explained how the taboo business is booming across 11 counties with people from all walks of life

He explained how the taboo business is booming across 11 counties with people from all walks of life

McAndrews said many of the women were 'proud of the light being shown on what they are doing'

McAndrews said many of the women were 'proud of the light being shown on what they are doing'

'The legal brothels of Nevada have relationships with community lawmakers, with health care professionals... and there are rules, values and protections in place,' he explained, while speaking in a 2012 interview with The New York Times.

He said many of the women were excited to be apart of his photography project, as a way to step out from behind their believed curtain of shame.

'They're proud of the light being shown on what they are doing. I wasn't glorifying. I wasn't demonizing. I was just showing as it was. That was my intent, anyway,' McAndrews said.

'I think it is hard for people to imagine a woman owning her own sexuality and being O.K. with something like this.

'We're taught and socialized to believe certain things about sexuality and women's sexuality and prostitution in general,' he added.

'Nevada Rose' received a four out of five star rating from Amazon buyers.

'I think it is hard for people to imagine a woman owning her own sexuality and being O.K. with something like this,' McAndrews said

'I think it is hard for people to imagine a woman owning her own sexuality and being O.K. with something like this,' McAndrews said

McAndrews said he was kicked out of the first brothel he visited after he told an escort he was only there for work

McAndrews said he was kicked out of the first brothel he visited after he told an escort he was only there for work

The photographer's other work has been published in numerous magazines 

The photographer's other work has been published in numerous magazines 

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